Photo gallery: 2016 Tour de France, Stage 16

Moirans-en-Montagne to Berne (Switzerland) :: 209km

Photography by Cor Vos, Jered & Ashley Gruber, Kristof Ramon

There was was no fairytale Tour de France ending for Fabian Cancellara (Trek-Segafredo) on Monday in Berne, the Swiss rider’s hometown, as Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) took the Stage 16 victory out of a select group, in a photo finish.

The peloton had to navigate a technical finale on stage 16 with a cobblestone-lined climb coming in the final kilometres. The peloton split dramatically on the climb with the classics riders of the peloton coming to the fore. The world champion captured the victory with the bike throw, his third stage victory of this year’s Tour. Kristoff later admitted he’d misjudged the line, due to shadows on the finishing straight.

“I was not waiting for the results, I thought I was second until they came and told me I had won,” Sagan said after the stage. “It’s unbelievable. After so many times finishing second… the wheel turns. I want to thank my team for the work they did all day. Then it was a crazy finale, very technical. Everyone wanted to be in my wheel. I think Kristoff made a mistake in the sprint. He jumped very late and that’s how I won.”

A four-man chase group — Lawson Craddock (Cannondale-Drapac), Timo Roosen (LottoNL-Jumbo), Nicolas Edet (Cofidis), and Vegard Breen (Fortuneo-Vital Concept) — tried to bridge to the Etixx duo, but they would never make the junction. Photo: Cor Vos

Peter Sagan fans showed up in droves at the finish in Berne. Photo: Cor Vos

This fan found a unique way of showing her support for the world champion. Photo: Cor Vos

The peloton had to navigate a technical finale on stage 16 with a cobblestone-lined climb coming in the final kilometres. The bunch split dramatically on the climb with the sport’s classics riders coming to the fore. Photo: Gruber Images.

Kristoff gave everything he had in the sprint for the line, but came up just short. Photo: Cor Vos

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